Love Food Hate Waste

Almost half of your household garbage bin (red lidded bin) is filled with wasted food every week. This equates to throwing away over $1000 per household per year.

This wasted food breaks down in our landfills, together with other organic materials, it becomes the main contributor to the generation of methane — a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

What's in your bin?

Why should I care?

It's expensive: In Sydney it is estimated that $1 billion worth of edible food is thrown away each year.

Wasted time: Just consider all the time and energy you put into shopping, preparing and serving food — only to put almost half of it in the bin.

Ethics: 2 million Australians don't have enough food to eat — yet large amounts of food are needlessly thrown away every year in Australia.

Environment and energy: Wasting food wastes the energy, water and natural resources used to grow, package, transport and market that food.

Why is Marrickville Council supporting Love Food Hate Waste?

Marrickville Council is committed to reducing the amount of organic waste in our bins. This promotion supports the Zero Waste Principle outlined in the Rethink Waste Strategic Plan. Waste avoidance is the preferred action as this eliminates the problem at the source, whereas waste disposal should be considered as a last resort.

We can avoid wasting food by:

Checking your pantry and know what you have on hand before you go shopping.